Treeing device for boots and shoes



H. S. JONES DEVICE FOR BOOTS AND SHOES Mar. 27, 1923.

Original Filed Sept. 8, 1919 Patented Mar. 27, 1923.

UNETEB STATES PATENT OFFICE.

TREEING DEVICE FOR BOOTS .AND SHOES.

Original application led September 8, 1919, Serial No. 322,501. Divided and this application led March 18, 1920. Serial No. 367,025.

T 0 all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, HUGH SNowIr.. J oNns, of Carltom7 Arkwright Road, Hampstead, in the county of London, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in and Relating to Treeing Devices for Boots and Shoes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention which relates to impro-vements in or relating to treeing devices for boots and shoes and refers more particularly to the rear or heel portion of the tree, has for its object to simplify the construction of such and also to enable the mechanism of the heel portion, when the tree is not in use, to restor bed itself in the hollow of the underside of the foot portion of the tree and so take up less room in transit or otherwise.

The present invention is a division of my co-pending application for Letters Patent-of the United States, for improvements in treeing devices for boots and shoes, Serial No. 322,501, iled September 8, 1919.

According to the present improvements, the heel portion is provided with lugs to which is suitably hinged one end of a link while the other end is also suitably pivoted or hinged to the end of the telescopic arrangement connecting the heel and toe-piece together.

In order that my invention may be properly understood and readily carried into effect, I have hereunto appended one sheet of drawings, of which Figure 1 is a side elevation illustrating my invention.

Figure 2 is a section of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a section through the line Xl. Figure 2.

Figure 1l is a sectional elevation of the tree in the collapsed form.

Referring to the drawings, A is the toeportion while B is the heel portion. C are the lugs which are lixed to the heel portion B. D is the link, one end d of which is piroted to the heel part B while the other end d1 is pivoted to the pipe-like link E, the toepiecebeing also provided with lugs F to which the telescopic link G is pivoted or hinged. H is the finger piece, which is fixed to or forms part of the link D.

The link Gr is fitted slidably in the pipelike link E and has a locking stud g, which may be engaged by means of a spring g with any of a series of openings e in one side of the link E, to hold the links D and E at any desired relative adjustment.

When the tree is placed in the boot or shoe and is adjusted to the desired length, a downward pressure is exerted on the end of' the telescopio arrangement E G. by the iinger-piece H which causes the link D toy just pass the dead center'and the tree becomes locked in position.

When not in use, it will be seen that the i telescopic arrangement and the link D with heel-piece and finger-piece can be readily folded into the position illustrated in Figure 4 and thus take up less room for transit or otherwise.

I claim:

A treeing device for boots and shoes, comprising a toe member hollow on the rear and under sides, a heel member hollow on the rear and under sides, and a. link comprising a member pivotally connected to the toe member, and a member pivotally connected to the heel member, said members of the link being pivotally connected together, the last named portion of the link having an arcuate finger piece partially overlapping the other member and adapted to bear thereon to lock said members together and hold the link in extended position when the pivot which connects said link members together is slightly beyond a line intersecting the pivotal connections between said link members and said heel and toe members, and to lie within the hollow toe member, together with said link members when the device is in folded position.

In witness whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HUGH SNOWYIFJ JONES. lVitnesses:

JOHN LIDDLE, JOHN TRAIN LmDLn. 

